Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles, 23, reveals how her long acrylic nails actually HELP her compete

Gold badge winning gymnast Jordan Chiles took nan Paris Olympics by large wind alongside her teammates this week - and didn't fto her routines extremity her from rocking an elaborate manicure. 

'A batch of group ever inquire maine really I do gymnastics pinch specified agelong nails. To show you nan truth, they really thief maine pinch my technique,' nan Team USA prima told Associated Press successful a video interview. 

'That's really really I make judge I don't break a nail,' Jordan, 23, explained, arsenic she appears to deterioration acrylics, which are tougher, and harder to break, moreover while tumbling. 

Commenters were shocked she managed to compete and support her nails successful tact during her aggravated routines. 

Some gymnasts explained they thought Jordan's agelong nails would thief her stay ray connected her hands and person a amended consciousness of wherever she placed them erstwhile she tumbled.  

Despite nan acrylics being much durable than earthy nails, that doesn't mean they ever stay intact. 

'One virtually collapsed successful half and started bleeding, [but] a mostly of nan time, my nails are usually either this agelong aliases I've had longer,' Jordan said, showing disconnected her manicure.

Jordan mightiness beryllium allowed to show disconnected her manicure while competing, but that doesn't mean everyone approves. 

People mightiness wonderment if it's difficult to compete pinch specified an intricate manicure, but she said, 'I tin do gymnastics pinch nails,' and they moreover thief inject a spot of her characteristic into nan sport. 

'People ever person to person that 1 small touch of who they are wrong their sport. Mine's my nails.' 

AP shared nan video connected TikTok, wherever fans were speedy to measurement successful connected really nan nails could thief her compete - and really awesome they were.   

'I can't lavation dishes without breaking a nail. That's freaking… a level of coordinated I couldn't dream of!' 1 personification wrote connected TikTok. 

'I collapsed a nail doing a cartwheel conscionable nan different day. I was drunk but that's too nan point,' different joked. 

Some explained why it would help, pinch 1 female writing, 'I utilized to opportunity nan aforesaid it keeps maine ray connected my hands,' and different commenting, 'I tumble pinch my nails excessively and it lowkey helps because I'm alert of my hands.' 

After Inside Gymnastics Magazine shared a threat of her patriotic manicure on Instagram and quotes from her AP video, commenters wondered if having agelong nails made tumbling much difficult. 

'I ever wonderment astir that! I tin hardly type connected a keyboard pinch agelong nails fto unsocial tumble and do each gymnasts do,' 1 personification mused. 

'How do you do gymnastics pinch agelong nails? Extremely well, actually! Take a page from Liberace erstwhile they'd inquire really he played soft pinch each his rings. He gave nan aforesaid superb answer,' different personification weighed in. 

'Nobody should beryllium commenting astir her nails, her constitution aliases her hair. It doesn't person thing to do pinch really she performs. And she is astonishing astatine that,' 1 proud instrumentality proclaimed. 

Chiles represented Team USA successful Paris alongside teammates Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Suni Lee and Hezly Rivera. 

The group of women jokingly called themselves nan Golden Girls because they were nan oldest gymnasts to compete. 

The full squad wore leotards emblazoned pinch Swarovski crystals that would unit for astir $5,000, and paid tribute to nan famed 1996 US women's gymnastics team. 

The leotards were conscionable arsenic ornate arsenic her fabulous manicure.